The execution phase of the wells technical assurance process is a critical procedure where the drilling operation commences and the well planning program is implemented. During drilling operations, the real-time drilling data are streamed to a real-time centre where it is constantly monitored by a dedicated team of monitoring specialists. If any potential issues or possible opportunities arise, the team will communicate with the operation team on rig for an intervention. This workflow is further enhanced by digital initiatives via big data analytics implementation in PETRONAS. The Digital Standing Instruction to Driller (Digital SID) is a drilling operational procedures documentation tool meant to improve the current process by digitalizing information exchange between office and rig site. Boasting multi-operation usage, it is made fit to context and despite its automated generation, this tool allows flexibility for the operation team to customize the content and more importantly, monitor the execution in real-time. Another tool used in the real-time monitoring platform is the dynamic monitoring drilling system where it allows real-time drilling data to be more intuitive and gives the benefit of foresight. The dynamic nature of the system means that it will update existing roadmaps with extensive real-time data as they come in, hence improving its accuracy as we drill further. Furthermore, an automated drilling key performance indicator (KPI) and performance benchmarking system measures drilling performance to uncover areas of improvement. This will serve as the benchmark for further optimization. On top of that, an artificial intelligence (AI) driven Wells Augmented Stuck Pipe Indicator (WASP) is deployed in the real-time monitoring platform to improve the capability of monitoring specialists to identify stuck pipe symptoms way earlier before the occurrence of the incident. This proactive approach is an improvement to the current process workflow which is less timely and possibly missing the intervention opportunity. These four tools are integrated seamlessly with the real-time monitoring platform hence improving the project management efficiency during the execution phase. The tools are envisioned to offer an agile and efficient process workflow by integrating and tapering down multiple applications in different environments into a single web-based platform which enables better collaboration and faster decision making.

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Digital transformation has always been one of the focuses of the oil & gas industry players in recent years. However, the pandemic and oil downturn last year has put the industry players in a digitization overdrive in the pursuit of leaner and cost-effective operations to stay ahead in these unprecedented times. This paper discusses the strategy, approach, and challenges in the adoption and implementation of the Automated Drilling Performance Measurement (ADPM) onsite and remote approach. This includes Wells Real-Time Center (WRTC), which utilizes the ADPM, an easy access analysis application for operational optimization. The implementation of ADPM falls under the PETRONAS Well Cost Compression focus area of Operational Optimization, which aims to achieve the operational technical limit and non-productive time (NPT) reduction. The stages of operational optimization via ADPM are broken down into pre-spud operations, operations, and post-well analysis. A historical performance study is conducted in pre-spud operations and case study sessions with the project team and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). Once in operations, best practices for the focused key performance indicator (KPI) and ad-hoc gap analysis are implemented onsite throughout the well construction. Remotely, the KPIs are monitored by WRTC while rig contractors monitor the crew performance. The performance review is studied in post-well analysis, and the best practices are compiled for replication and lesson learned to improve future well's excellence. The evaluation of rig performance is conducted based on the focused KPIs criteria and Rig Scorecard criteria. Implementation of ADPM set clear and defined strategy from top management on digitalization and performance optimization. ADPM also helps foster performance optimization awareness and culture with clearly defined roles, responsibilities, and expectations. For example, the application deployment for the Field B drilling campaign focused on tripping, drilling and casing KPI improvement while utilizing ADPM for data gathering and analysis. The result of this deployment is commendable, with a total actual savings of 2.94 days gained throughout the campaign. From 2016 to 2021, PETRONAS has gained a total of 39.03 days of actual savings for their entire rig fleet.